Mask
29-60-65
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-60-65 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kekchi |
Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Coban |
Culture Area | Central American |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Black face with white eye balls; hair and beard represented. For the so called Deer Dance [xahol keh.] "The dancers throw skins over their shoulders, run about dumb or gronting, sometimes act the part of dogs treeing a puma." |
Height | 19 cm |
Width | 15 cm |
Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition, Robert Burkitt, 1920 |
Other Number | 199 - Field No SF |
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